Beyond Globalization

Below is my presentation to the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies at Monash University in a very wintry Melbourne.

It generated a very lively discussion, particularly round the question of whether I underestimate the role of conscious global agency in management of the world-system, as argued by Hardt & Negri and by Immanuel Wallerstein.

There was also an interesting question asked by Professor Sung Gwan Park from the Seoul National University, Korea, about whether comparable global data exists on media consumption to match that available from UNESCO and other sources on media production. If anyone knows good sources on this, I would be interested to know more.

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Monash 2008 Terry Flew

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Presentation on media globalization arguing for more insights from cultural and economic geography.


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What's hot? Peter Costello!

Excitement is building around Australia at the prospect of Peter Costello becoming leader of the Federal Liberal Party. Indeed, around the News Limited HQ at Surry Hills, it has reached - as Bruce McAvaney would say - fever pitch.

Will Peter's memoirs be a 'tell-all' book about the Howard years? Will he challenge Buccaneer Brendan Nelson for the leadership? Can Tony Abbott contain his enthusiasm for Peter? Will Christopher Pyne make more friends on Facebook?

As new proof of the growing 'Peter power' sweeping Australia, check out Prue and Trude's 'What's Hot' list. For more see here.

Song to say goodbye

As excitement builds about Peter Costello' memoirs (yeah, sure) and whether he will become leader of the Federal Liberal Party (a job he had on a platter 9 months ago if he was prepared to work hard), here is a contribution from Placebo that is in keeping with Paul Keating's sentiments from yesterday:

Bringing back the biff in Australian politics

From today's Sydney Morning Herald:

Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating says John Howard and Peter Costello were "the biggest pair of policy bums the country has ever had''.

Mr Keating today slammed the Liberal Party for reconsidering Mr Costello as a leadership candidate, calling the former treasurer a "nong'' and a "mouse'' in an acerbic attack at a book launch in Sydney today.

He said Mr Costello had "not made one valuable structural change in the 12 years he was treasurer''.

"He's a guy without imagination and he is a guy without courage. That point was proven by the fact he let (former prime minister) Howard stay there for so long,'' he said.

"It's a Liberal Party so bereft of talent that they have to go to such a low-grade performer as Costello to come back as their leader.''

Senior Liberals have said Mr Costello will not challenge Brendan Nelson for the Liberal leadership but may agree to a "friendly takeover'' if Dr Nelson stands aside, according to News Ltd reports.

Mr Keating said such a move would be ruinous for the opposition but good for Labor.

"In national terms, to have such a nong - and he is, in policy terms he is a mouse - to have him back again, speaks volumes about the Liberal Party,'' Mr Keating said.

"In Labor Party terms, I sort of hope he does, as he makes it a better pitch for us.''

When Keating speaks, you still do pay attention. Meanwhile, Peter Costello goes jogging (yawn!), and tells us he knocked back a job with the World Gold Council (yawn! - what about a job with the IOC?), as we wait six weeks for his memoirs.

More boring Glenn Mine columns await us.

Its official

The official email from Professor Peter Coaldrake did go out at 3:36PM today to indicate that I was now a Professor of Media and Communication at QUT.

Thanks to all of those who sent emails, and to those who responded to the Facebook notice that went up a week ago.

In an age of Web 2.0, it is interesting to see who checks what.

Why New Media is Dead

Why New Media is Dead

This presentation is about how the BBC is responding to the Web 2.0 environment, particularly through its 'Backstage' initiative.

Why New Media is Dead

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The future of the Internet

I am doing a guest lecture tomorrow for Axel Bruns' New Media Technologies class on 'Approaches to New Media'.

Assessing Implications Of New Media

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Guest lecture for Axel Bruns' New Media Technologies unit, 4 August 2008


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As a part of it, I am considering Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet, and how to stop it. To be a crowd pleaser for a Monday morning class, I will use an interview he did with Stephen Colbert to illustrate his argument.



I am also using the recent piece by Nicholas Carr in The Atlantic Monthly titled "Is Google making us stupid: What the Internet is doing to our brains", as an item to discuss in tutorials.